The Harvest Thieves

In the high country of northern New Mexico, some truths are buried deeper than bodies.

NEW RELEASE 2025 – BOOK ONE OF THE MERCEDES ESPINOSA MYSTERY SERIES

A Southwest mystery for readers who value atmosphere, moral complexity, and a deep sense of place.

When a young woman is found dead in the remote mountains of northern New Mexico—pregnant, beaten, and abandoned—the authorities would be quick to move on.

Mercedes Espinosa cannot.

Drawn back from her high-profile reporting job in the nation’s capital to her high-country roots, Mercy delves for answers that take her beyond the rule of law into an isolated mountain compound bound by threatening silence and razor wire.

What she uncovers is not just a crime, but a horrific violation of all that is good.

As Mercy confronts her new role in the home of her youth and the expectations of family and culture, the danger looms closer—and the cost of finding the truth surges with every question.

THE HARVEST THIEVES is a haunting Southwest mystery about horrors hidden in plain sight—and the woman who refuses to let them go on.

Justice doesn’t always come from the law